Antònia París Riera (Maria Antònia of St Peter)
Catalan foundress, with Anthony Mary Claret, of the Claretian Missionary Sisters
Who they were
María Antonia París of Vallmoll founded, with Anthony Mary Claret, the Religious of Mary Immaculate (Claretian Missionary Sisters), after a mystical experience in 1842 that convinced her the Church needed a renewal of the evangelical life. The cognitional process ran at Tarragona from 29 June 1982 to 1984.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Her congregation's own page still calls her a Servant of God, so she is recorded here at that step, although the Hagiography Circle record reports a decree on heroic virtues dated 23 December 1993 that no Catholic source consulted here confirms.
The cause
Antònia París Riera (Maria Antònia of St Peter) is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Antònia París Riera (Maria Antònia of St Peter).
Connected on this site
- Anthony Mary Claret Saint“María Antonia París of Vallmoll founded, with Anthony Mary Claret, the Religious of Mary Immaculate (Claretian Missionary Sisters), after a mystical experience in 1842 that convinced her the Church needed a renewal of the evangelical life.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.